The entire notion of education is a sham when a school's population becomes anywhere close to 50% mud. Especially in a lax, undisciplined society.

The benefits to society of the "students" who do graduate is minimal.

The cost of sustaining these "schools" is enormous due to a union (the NEA) which is just as powerful as AIPAC.

Once a student reached the high school level, an honest society would toss out all disciplinary problem "students" and place most of the remainder in trade schools.

As it stands now, urban "schools" are nothing more than glorified day camps for kneegrows and mestizos. Their only benefit to society is that they centralize violent and anti-social behavior (TNB) for a few hours each day.

It must be coincedental. My telewitz and jewspapers tell me that all ethnicities are exactly the same. Any disparities are soley the result of social policies and cultural attitudes which CAUSE lower performance.

Unfortunately, my (white) nephew is going to join these grim statistics. He plans to drop out of high school, get his GED, and eventually become a fire fighter in northern California. I told him that his best chance for success would be to stay in school and get his diploma, since he only has one year left to go. I am not sure if it is the only factor but a profound grief is affecting him. My sister was killed last year by a drunk driver. Doug was close to his mother and he took her death very hard. He was driving the car that my sister died in. He is coming to Massachusetts to visit my father and I next month and we will do our best to try and convince him to stay in school. He won't be 18 until next year anyhow, so he is too young to join a fire department. I hate to see a young white man throw his future away.

Unfortunately, my (white) nephew is going to join these grim statistics. He plans to drop out of high school, get his GED, and eventually become a fire fighter in northern California. I told him that his best chance for success would be to stay in school and get his diploma, since he only has one year left to go. I am not sure if it is the only factor but a profound grief is affecting him. My sister was killed last year by a drunk driver. Doug was close to his mother and he took her death very hard. He was driving the car that my sister died in. He is coming to Massachusetts to visit my father and I next month and we will do our best to try and convince him to stay in school. He won't be 18 until next year anyhow, so he is too young to join a fire department. I hate to see a young white man throw his future away.

All you have to do is tell him that not many fire departments will take him w/o a high school diploma. The GED is not considered an equivalent.

Plus he will be looked down upon by his fellow white firefighters, which will be the case.

He has to understand that firefighters (pardon the pun, not intended) have to fight the perception that they are just dumb brave guys. They aren't. They are pretty sharp and need to be. The last thing they want is some white kid who didn't have the metal to make it through high school of all places. If you are interviewing him, you are thinking: how are you going to make it as a fireman with all we have to go through if you can't even make it through high school?

That is the first question they will ask. Hammer that home. A diploma is a measure of your ability to get through crap you don't like. It's an important indicator of who you are as a person. Anyone can drop out. Let your nephew know that.

Unfortunately, my (white) nephew is going to join these grim statistics. He plans to drop out of high school, get his GED, and eventually become a fire fighter in northern California. I told him that his best chance for success would be to stay in school and get his diploma, since he only has one year left to go. I am not sure if it is the only factor but a profound grief is affecting him. My sister was killed last year by a drunk driver. Doug was close to his mother and he took her death very hard. He was driving the car that my sister died in. He is coming to Massachusetts to visit my father and I next month and we will do our best to try and convince him to stay in school. He won't be 18 until next year anyhow, so he is too young to join a fire department. I hate to see a young white man throw his future away.

Males should not throw away their future like this. A GED in today’s world is unacceptable. Has your nephew had the opportunity to visit a local, an out state, and various prestigious colleges?

I think if he walks around a college campus (more than once at non peak hours in the beginning), the environment will not come across as so intimidating or as a distant unrealistic goal. Here in Los Angeles, most of the universities and community colleges have summer programs for high school students. The summer programs introduce the students to all aspects of college life. The summer programs even allow high school students take college level classes during the summer so they can get the feel of college and get high school credit and college credit at the same time.